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To: Arthur McGowan

Origin and Meaning of the Name Malia
Gender:
Girl

Origin:
Hebrew

Meaning:
Uncertain, maybe bitter

Origin:
Hawaiian

Meaning:
Uncertain, maybe bitter

Origin:
Swahili

Meaning:
Queen

Pronunciation:
(mah LEE ah)

10 posted on 05/08/2010 12:25:57 AM PDT by pandoraou812 (timendi causa est nescire)

To: pandoraou812

I think that Melia is the Hawaiian word for Mary. Maybe they just used a variant spelling.

19 posted on 05/08/2010 12:53:08 AM PDT by married21

To: pandoraou812

I thought “Michelle” meant “bitter queen.”

25 posted on 05/08/2010 12:59:54 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)

To: pandoraou812

Wow! Bitter Queen! The fruit doesn’t fall far from that tree.

50 posted on 08/09/2010 3:45:33 PM PDT by Pigsley

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